MaudlinMutantMollusk:markie_farkie: Mitt has that one look after he delivers what he thinks is a crushing blow to someone's point. It's almost like "see daddy, I'm almost as good as you thought I would turn out"

Seriously, THIS

/that self-satisfied smirk makes me want to kick him right in the nuts

The man has lived his entire life in air conditioning and never needed money. I think unless you've worked because you had to, like not eating, paying rent, buying clothes for your kids, you have no idea what 90% of America does every day. He doesn't empathize because he can't. He has no concept of what life is like for the people he's trying to empathize with.

At least GWB could fake it, and GHWB had seen combat, which has an emotional toll even on guys born rich (see also JFK). FDR's polio I think gave him that kind of understanding his upbringing would never have normally allowed. Mitt, just doesn't have the capability. And it's just one of many reasons I can't stand the guy.

Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney set a new personal record tonight by pretending to care about average Americans for nearly ninety minutes.

There must be some way out of here Said the joker to the thief There's too much confusion I can't get no relief Businessmen they drink my wine Plowmen dig my earth None of them along the line Know what any of it is worth

I thought he did OK...I mean, there were one or two moments where his attempts nearly approached a reasonable approximation of a somewhat life-like semblance of humanoid behavior signaling the possible presence of indications that may have suggested a quality comparable to an empathy-like emotion.

Weaver95:Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney set a new personal record tonight by pretending to care about average Americans for nearly ninety minutes.

There must be some way out of here Said the joker to the thief There's too much confusion I can't get no relief Businessmen they drink my wine Plowmen dig my earth None of them along the line Know what any of it is worth

Cool song, and I used to write lines from it on my textbook covers made out of brown grocery bags. The biology teacher let the hamster escape once. In retrospect I guess smoking was dumb, but I was young and assumed I was invincible. That was the year I almost got with that one skinny chick.

Terrified Asexual Forcemeat:Cool song, and I used to write lines from it on my textbook covers made out of brown grocery bags. The biology teacher let the hamster escape once. In retrospect I guess smoking was dumb, but I was young and assumed I was invincible. That was the year I almost got with that one skinny chick.

"I DO care about the suffering of others. When Rochester was taking me to the yacht club in the Dusenberg and accidentally ran over his own son I took the cost of the fuel he wasted while we idled waiting for an ambulance out of TWO of his paychecks, not one."

Mr. Coffee Nerves:"I DO care about the suffering of others. When Rochester was taking me to the yacht club in the Dusenberg and accidentally ran over his own son I took the cost of the fuel he wasted while we idled waiting for an ambulance out of TWO of his paychecks, not one."

There must be some way out of here Said the joker to the thief There's too much confusion I can't get no relief Businessmen they drink my wine Plowmen dig my earth None of them along the line Know what any of it is worth

There must be some way out of here Said the joker to the thief There's too much confusion I can't get no relief Businessmen they drink my wine Plowmen dig my earth None of them along the line Know what any of it is worth

Up to this debate, I had thought that, yes, he was out of touch, and yes, he was a bit overwhelmed intellectually, but he was generally still a decent guy. After seeing him at this debate, I am prepared to join the rest of the chorus in pronouncing him a prevaricating douche.

whizbangthedirtfarmer:Up to this debate, I had thought that, yes, he was out of touch, and yes, he was a bit overwhelmed intellectually, but he was generally still a decent guy. After seeing him at this debate, I am prepared to join the rest of the chorus in pronouncing him a prevaricating douche.

Romney's a dick. The longer the debate went on, the more flustered and put-upon he seemed. By the end, he was reciting Fox News talking points under the apparent impression that they were zingers. Obama, on the other hand, lost his slight stammer over the course of the debate and emerged as Mr. Smooth. Calling this one's as much of a no-brainer as calling the first one was.

On a related note: Someone told me that Candy Crowley was named after her favorite food. I googled that but couldn't find anything. Does anyone out there know whether this is true or not?

MaudlinMutantMollusk:markie_farkie: Mitt has that one look after he delivers what he thinks is a crushing blow to someone's point. It's almost like "see daddy, I'm almost as good as you thought I would turn out"

Seriously, THIS

/that self-satisfied smirk makes me want to kick him right in the nuts

Paraphrased question: the last question to each man aims to get him to talk about himself and to discuss what people don't know about him?

Rmoney jumps right in with "others" want you to believe that I don't care about 100% of Americans.//I wonder where they got the idea that he thinks 47% of them are free-loaders? Oh shiat, it was his own words.